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Hundreds gather by County Courthouse for 'Wake Up Whatcom County' rally in Bellingham

May 16, 2017

Jim McKinney, executive director of Common Threads Northwest, leads hundreds of people in chants at the end of a "Wake Up Whatcom County" rally at the Bellingham Public Library lawn on Tuesday, May 16, in Bellingham. The rally was held over concer

Evan AbellThe Bellingham Herald

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Ira Uhrig, a longtime Whatcom County judge who died May 21, 2018, also was a musician who performed under the stage name Johnny Waco. He played solo at the Haynie Opry on August 23, 2008, using a guitar formerly owned by Johny Cash.

A man in Lynden was caught on a Ring Doorbell camera stealing two front porch lights on May 8, 2018. The camera uses motion-sensing technology that initiates video recording, allowing Ring to send a notification to the homeowner's mobile device.

Whatcom County officials will spend some $16 million over the next few years to repair the current County Jail, after two failed attempts to raise taxes for a new multi-use corrections facility that they say is desperately needed.

NIDA's Dr. Marilyn Huestis discusses new research, which used the most sophisticated driving simulator of its kind to mirror real-life situations. Results showed that marijuana use impairs one measure of driving performance.

Interstate 5 was closed for several hours near the Whatcom-Skagit county line Friday afternoon, May 11, due to an incident with a suicidal man on the North Lake Samish overpass, according to Washington State Patrol.

Jewell James, a Lummi master carver, talks about the meaning of symbols on a 16-foot orca totem pole, and two accompanying seal poles, during the Lummi Nation stop of the Tokitae Totem Pole Journey 2018 on Thursday, May 10.

State, county and local law enforcement agencies will conduct a Click It or Ticket campaign May 14 through June 3, one of the busiest travel and holiday times of the year, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

A pod of five humpback whales was spotted Thursday, May 3 in Semiahmoo Bay. They were feeding about a mile and a half off the coast of White Rock, B.C. -- just across the U.S.-Canada border from Blaine, Washington.

Work continues in Spring 2018 on a project to transform a former industrial site on Bellingham's downtown waterfront to residential and commercial use. An early highlight is Waypoint Park on Whatcom Waterway, which includes the refurbished acid ball.

Purcell Painting and Coating employees coat the old "acid ball" with a layer of reflective glass beads on Friday, April 27, in Bellingham. Mutuus Studio created the design for the repurposed "acid ball" now known as "Waypoint".